Siege of Caesarea Maritima (614)
| Siege of Caesarea | |||||||||
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| Part of the Byzantine–Sassanid War of 602–628 | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Byzantine Empire | Sassanid Empire | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
| Unknown | Shahrbaraz | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Minimal destruction | |||||||||
The Siege of Caesarea relates to the siege and conquest of Caesarea Maritima of the Byzantine Empire's Palaestina Prima province by the Sasanian Persians in 614 CE.
History
The Persian Shah Khosrau II appointed his general Shahrbaraz to conquer the Byzantine controlled areas of the Near East. Following the victory in Antioch, Shahrbaraz conquered Caesarea Maritima, the administrative capital of the province.[1] By this time the grand inner harbor had silted up and was useless, however the Emperor Anastasius had reconstructed the outer harbor and Caesarea remained an important maritime city, providing the Persian Empire with access to the Mediterranean Sea.[2] While the Persian siege and occupation of Caesarea resulted in limited physical destruction, the socioeconomic effects were likely more significant. The later Arab conquest also devastated the city and it subsequently entered a period of decline.[3]
See also
- Samaritan Revolts, 484–572 CE
- List of conflicts in the Near East
References
- ^ The Armenian History Attributed to Sebeos. Liverpool University Press. 1999. p. 206. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
{{cite book}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter|authors=(help) - ^ Joseph Patrich (2011). "Caesarea Maritima". Institute of Archaeology Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
- ^ Caesarea Maritima: A Retrospective After Two Millennia. Brill. 1996. p. 626. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
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Sources
- 610s conflicts
- Sieges involving the Byzantine Empire
- Ancient Jewish Persian history
- Jews and Judaism in the Byzantine Empire
- 610s in the Byzantine Empire
- Battles of the Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628
- Holy Land during Byzantine rule
- Sieges involving the Sasanian Empire
- 614
- 610s in the Sasanian Empire
- Sieges of the Roman–Persian Wars